Svensk definition
Den familj av allätande däggdjur som utgör Nya världens skunkar, med svart och vit varningsmönstrad päls. Vid fara avger djuren en skvätt illaluktande sekret.
Mephitidae
Skunkar
Engelsk definition
The family of omnivorous New World skunks, showing typical warning coloration of patterned black and white and able to eject a malodorous secretion when the animal is startled or in danger.
Svenska synonymer
Strimmiga skunkar — Fläckskunkar — Kapuschongskunkar — Trynskunkar
Engelska synonymer
Skunks — Skunk — Hog-nosed Skunks — Hog nosed Skunks — Hog-nosed Skunk — Skunk, Hog-nosed — Skunks, Hog-nosed — Conepatus — Hooded Skunks — Hooded Skunk — Skunk, Hooded — Skunks, Hooded — Mephitis — Spotted Skunks — Skunk, Spotted — Skunks, Spotted — Spotted Skunk — Spilogalae — Striped Skunks — Skunk, Striped — Skunks, Striped — Striped Skunk